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The 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum is a museum located at Ardennes and Gela Streets on Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) Army base. Established in 1945, the museum chronicles the history of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1917 to the present including World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf Wars as well as campaigns in Grenada, Panama, Operation Golden Pheasant ...
During World War II the division and its members were awarded the following awards: [39] Distinguished Unit Citations: 15; Medal of Honor: 4 Private John R. Towle ; Private First Class Charles N. Deglopper (KIA) First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk Jr. Private Joe Gandara (KIA) (issued 18 March 2014) Distinguished Service Cross: 37; Distinguished ...
Eight new names were added to 82nd Airborne Divison monuments Thursday at Fort Bragg. Here's who the division and families won't forget.
The United States Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum (ASOM) is part of the U.S. Army Museum Enterprise dedicated to preserving and teaching a public history of the Special Operations and Airborne community, as well as broader United States military history.
More than 5,000 names are on the 82nd Airborne's memorial to remember paratroopers killed in action or in in support of combat operations.
FORT BRAGG — Nine paratroopers will be inducted into the 82nd Airborne Division Hall of Fame next month, officials announced. The ceremony is 10 a.m. Sept 28 at Fort Bragg’s Hall of Heroes ...
By 1940, the year after World War II started, the population of Fort Bragg was 5,400 and by the following year had reached 67,000. Various units trained at Fort Bragg during World War II, including the 9th Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 100th Infantry Division, and various field artillery groups. The population ...
The 13th Airborne Division was the fifth airborne division (11th, 13th, 17th, 82nd and 101st) to be formed in the United States during World War II, and was officially activated on Friday 13 August 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, under the command of Major General George W. Griner Jr. [1]